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What if ... your life is and was a Mystery School? Make Things Know Thyself. Dwell in that possibility.
~ Lisa Rasmussen MFA

Art is Your Greatest Teacher & Healer: Perfect Health is Wealth!

8/7/2019

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Over,  the years are body gets worn and torn. I feel that early on most of us are told that we are not OK and we are flawed. It is totally conditioned in us by Advertisers, Social Media, and Reality TV. Over time we start to believe it and body starts getting tattered up. Our emotive thoughts are so powerful, that it easily becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. We gain weight. We eat toxic food. We get sick. Our skin starts sagging. Our mental health suffers. In many of us our body temple becomes abused.  Add to the mix all of our past trapped traumas and toxic emotions start to fester dis-ease with in ourselves.  Also, one we cannot forget the stress of living in today's world. Jumping on Twitter or listening to NPR can give one a nervous breakdown. These are trying times and this chaotic insanity affects your health and wellbeing. I feel that is really the Self Care moment is about, many are waking up to the empowering fact that we can co-create a better world, a better body, and a better reality for ourselves. We must start reverently taking care of our body temples and we must start taking care of our HOME, Mama Earth. What we do to the Earth and her Animal Kingdom is the macrocosm of what we are doing to ourselves. Truth be known it is horrific abuse on all levels. And needs to stop! This is why the Self Care movement is so important and so empowering. It is really waking folks up to that ancient Oracle of Delphi truth, To Know ThySelf. Know thy mind, body, and spirit! Embrace your personal sovereignty. Remember your power is not outside or separate of you, it is inside of you. We were all born whole and the human world has tore us into fragments. It is time to rise like the Phoenix out the ashes into your intrinsic wholeness.

As Dr. Joe Dizpenza says,  “And can you teach your body emotionally what it would feel like to believe in this way . . . to be empowered . . . to be moved by your own greatness . . . to be invincible . . . to have courage . . . to be in love with life . . . to feel unlimited . . . to live as if your prayers are already answered? . . .”

So let's all rise up into the greatest version of ourselves. When we are radiate and healthy, you can transform others. Embracing the your are both an artist and healer. Perfect health and well being is your inheritance. Proclaim as you heal your self and begin to Love every inch of your mind, body, and soul, you can change this world for the better. You can affect others in positive way. You can be part of the solution. It is time to step up like a giant and shine your light into the world. Begin living out loud, drinking in the presence of the moment from the fountain of eternity. Start taking care of yourself and treat yourself like the Divine being  you are.

During my Harmonia, 10,000 Steps of Gratitude beach meditation this mantra keeps yelping into my being: "Heaven is Earth, Gaia is Heaven, and your body is a temple. Restore your temple in reverence, back to wholeness and balance." It is a beautiful empowering revelation to my Soul, Mind, and Body. Self Care, Self Love, and Self Healing are creative holistic journeys. We at the Harmonia Institute feel that you are a work of Art and you should treat  yourself with the highest of reverence. Below is beautiful mandala exercise to embody and activate your inner medicine woman.

Harmonia Practice: Activating your inner Medicine Woman
So here is an Law Attraction Harmonia mandala exercise with the Goddess Archetype Akeso. Here name means curing, the process of curing. Begin your journey into the highest version of your Self.

Harmonia Practice Recipe Ingredients
  • Download for free your Harmonia Akeso mandala template HERE.
  • All the creative prompts, mantras, and questions are on the backside of the mandala template
  • Study how to create a magical Sigil. HERE is a nice DIY description. This is how you will create your mandala.
  • Take time to really listen to your physical and emotional body and ask it what needs to healed and shed. Write this all down.
  • Art Supplies you will need, pen, acrylic paint, paper, oil pastels, journal for aha's
  • Doterra essential oil: Frankincense for tenting. This basically placing the oil on the inside of your wrists and placing your palms together a tent and inhale 7 times. If want to set up a Doterra account, I would love to help you out. E-mail me at the [email protected] to set up an appointment.
  • Create your Sacred Creation Space: Intentionally place crystals, difuse essential oils, and play some sacred music. Set up your space for creating with all your art supplies. Give yourself at least 30 minutes to complete the process of curing.
  • More support. Get the amazing book, The Secret Language of Your Body by Inna Segal.
  • When you Mandala is complete place it in local space, where you mediate or walk by.
  • In your Harmonia practice Also, do research on other holistic health support tools and products. With essential oils they are medicinal, so do a Google search on what essential oil heals your dis-ease. Also, you can create some amazing DIY skin products and healthy non-toxic cleaning products with essential oils. Use crystals for healing, research which crystal will magnify your curing process. Also, eat clean organic foods. Drink lots of water. Meditate daily, walk at least 10,000 steps a day,walk in Nature as often as you can, make art, talk to your Soul and your Higher guides daily, connect with animals, talk to strangers, and buy yourself some flowers. Lastly, take care of your teeth and gums. I recently began this Primal Life Organics 21 Oral Detox is amazing. Click HERE to find out more and to receive a free gift.
Here is to Harmonious Health and Radiant Balance. Let's all age with grace and ease. Realize how beautiful, powerful, magical, and Divine we all are!! The Universe is within you!!

“Yet, at the quantum level, NO part of the body lives apart from the rest. There are no wires holding together the molecules of your arteries, just as there are no visible connections binding together the stars in a galaxy. Yet arteries and galaxies are both securely held together, in a seamless, perfect design. The invisible bonds that you cannot examine under a microscope are quantum in nature; without this "hidden physiology," your visible physiology could not exist. It would never have been more than a random collection of molecules.” ― Deepak Chopra

Any questions about this Harmonia Practice? E-mail me at the [email protected]

See my healing Sigil mandala below.
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Peel Back The Veils and Discover Your True Self:  Harmonia  Goddess Workshop

10/13/2018

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The is no question, that we live in a very toxic world. Just take a moment and open the news cycle. Ever time I do that, I feel like the Edvard Munch's "Scream" painting. I just read that over 40 million adults in the USA suffer from anxiety. As well eight out of ten people suffer from extreme stress in their lives. What is the solution? The solution is everyone must develop serious daily self care practices and rituals. That is why there is over 20 million yogis in the USA.  Being a hyper sensitive (HSP), I to have suffered from life long anxiety and panic disorders. The only way I have been able to manage and heal it is through the practices of art, yoga, nature meditation, mystical studies, and essential oils.

Way back in 1999, I frequented the Yoga Tree in San Francisco and the owner Tara  become my art collector. At the moment, I began merging art and yoga as one practice. Previously, art was my ultimate self healing practice. Also in graduate school at JFKU  in the Arts and Consciousness: Holistic Studies Program, I took it further and developed a holistic transformative art program to heal emotionally traumatized youth in foster in Oakland, CA. Then 2012, I co-founded Art 4 All People with Ceylan Huyla and that is were together created the full on YogART practice. We created workshops, teacher trainings, and certifications to expand YogART as an Arts and Healing practice. Then in 2016, I developed Harmonia. Which is an off shoot of YogART. With Harmonia I added essential oils and the Goddess Archetypes. Every year with my Arts and Healing organization, Artemis Sacred Journeys, Mary Rockwood Lane of Healing with the Arts, and I lead women's empowerment Retreats to Tinos, Greece. That is where I teach Harmonia and see the true power of this holistic arts and healing practice. Harmonia is multi sensory experience and it takes one deep into their interpersonal transformation and empowers individuals to heal themselves, de-stress, and live a more balanced and harmonious life. 

Below is my latest Harmonia Practice 
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I just discovered the Goddess Archetype
Aletheia , I feel she is a potent and raw energy of pure truth. She pulls back veils and enables you to reconnect with your truest self. The bottom line is as a woman, we have been labeled and oppressed since the Patriarchy has been in the dominant power.  In today's world it is tough to realize, who you really are. It really takes a lot of self care, self inquiry, and self work to peel the onion and to find your authentic self. For me the Goddess Aletheia will mentor you to "Know They Self."

Enjoy the DIY Harmonia practice. Remember you are a limitless, eternal, live in infinite potential and possibilities.  If you have any questions or would like me coach or teach Harmonia at a deeper level e-mail me at harmoniainstitute.com

Blessing, Love, and Light,
Lisa

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Your Inner World Is The Final Frontier


Harmonia: Discover that your own creativity is a source of, flow, harmony, transformation, healing, and balance. Empower your Creatrix through the Harmonia Practice, a magical and integrative sensory art, yoga, and essential oil ultimate self care experience.

Free Harmonia Goddess Practice © ~ 90  minute session

Supplies and the Set Up
You will need print out mandala template, paper, pen, and pastels.  Or anything else you want to create your mandala with. Like acrylic paint, watercolor, collage materials.

Crystal Work:
Stone to carry or wear while doing the practice: Is a Turquoise.  This stone is potent purifier and healer.  It also strengthens and protects spiritual warriors.


Choose for one or all essential oils. I use Doterra essentials, feel free to use your preference. If you are interested in using and buying Doterra wholesale, please contact me I can help you set up an account. Also, if you are interested becoming a Doterra Wellness Advocate let me know. You can share the oils and build a business at the same time. E-mail at [email protected] Doterra's quality is amazing and there so many tools for educating yourself on the power of using essential oils in all parts of your life.

  • Blue Yarrow: Brings the water element energy to clear stuck energy and repairs the aura
  • Douglas Fir Oil: Grounds one deeply into the forests, easing worries and helps one be fully present
  • Lemongrass:Heals a broken heart
  • Eucalyptus: Is a cleansing, uplifts, and healing on all levels
Other props
  • Yoga mat. Study or print out yoga series at this  from Mind, Body, Green at https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-20842/5-yoga-poses-to-open-your-throat-chakra-express-your-truth.html
  • Study a bit about your Chakra's at this link HERE
  • A cushion or bolster
  • Create a quiet sacred place for this practice. Have a candle, sacred objects, water, tea, a glass of wine, and or dark chocolate are some suggestions. Make it your epic self care ritual. Potentially plan to take a bubble bath after with the essential oils after your practice. HERE is an article on how to create a sacred space

Invitation To Goddess Aletheia Harmonia Practice ©. She will be activated in your Throat Chakra.

Reclaiming the Feminine Mystery of Creation Through The Goddesses
Mandala Art Creation,Archaeology, Art as Your Oracle

To begin your Harmonia Practice

1.Opening your sacred circle and creative visualization
Light your candle and grab your essential oils. Place the essential oils on your wrist. Tent them, meaning place your the tips of your fingers together and bring your wrists up to your nose. Close your eyes and breathe and breathe out. Imagine your breath is traveling down your chakra system down through your feet into the core of the earth. The crystalline grid. Feel and hearing the heartbeat of the Gaia/Earth Mother. Then imagine a golden light is traveling down from the heavens, through your crown chakra and all the way down your root chakra. Lastly, imagine the crystalline grid from Gaia is pulling up all the way to your throat chakra and simultaneously the golden light pouring down from the heavens is entering your throat chakra. Feel and breath in this light.
2. Mindful Reading and Preparation
Go to your yoga mat. Bring your mandala, reading, and art supplies next to your mat and then softly read about the Goddess.
"Labels have been applied to the nature of Woman for thousands of years, beginning with sacred and divine, at times unclean and shunned, and accusations of wanton and tempting.  These were the Truths that others applied to women and we accepted them and even lived entire lives under those labels: the Mother, the Career Woman, the Good Daughter, the Attendant Wife, the Whore, the Bitch, too many to name.  Under those labels and the acceptance by women of those labels, there was always Aletheia – She burns brightly in our WomanRoots, our Women’s Blood and within our Women’s Mysteries.  She held the Truth until we were ready to Remember and Become Unhidden. For some, the journey to their True Selves is too frightening or perceived to be too difficult and Aletheia is relegated to the obscured and forgotten.Remembrance of our WomanRoots – our True Selves, Actualizing Authenticity and Cultivating the State of  Unhidden could be called The Great Work.   The impetus of Aletheia is to take on the mantle of The Great Work – Personal Transformation in accordance with our Truth of Self.  Actualization and emergence of our True Self occurs as we allow the soul to burgeon and unfold itself – the action of revealing. Revealing leads the Self to connect and tune to its proper place in the Universe.  Attainment occurs when our True Self releases its Will into the Universe and takes action. Aletheia has started a chain reaction of potentiality for lives full of Bliss and Self Love and Authenticity. Our WomanRoots are planted deeply and firmly, infusing us with the Sacred everyday How can we invite Aletheia and her gorgeous unicorn into our lives?" From http://themotherhouseofthegoddess.com
3. Yoga Series
Slowly tent your oils again and begin your yoga series in your imagination invite Aletheia into your being.
Begin the series with 1. Easy Neck Release 2. Baby Cobra Pose 3. Supported Fish Pose (you will need a block are cushion) 4. Shoulder Stand and end with 5. Legs-Up-The-Wall Pose

In mindful way rub one of the essential oils on the soles of your feet.

4. Creative Writing: Shedding the Labels, Old Stories, and Self Identity
Write in your art journal.
Reflect on the fear, the lies we tell ourselves (or allow others to tell us) and feelings of aloneness and being stuck are the barriers to Aletheia. Shed the barriers from each Chakra, write down three or things/stories/patterns that create a barrier between you and your core Truth.
  • 7th Chakra ~Crown Chakra (Golden orb) Highest Self
  • 6th Chakra ~ 3rd Eye (Indigo orb) Intuition
  • 5th  Chakra ~Throat (Blue orb) Expression
  • 4th Chakra ~Heart (Green orb) Love
  • 3rd Chakra ~Solar Plexus (Yellow orb)  Will
  • 2nd Chakra ~ Sacral (Orange orb) Creativity
  • 1st Chakra ~ Root (Red Funnel orb) Survival
  • After shedding all the veils from you Chakra’s imagine within your inner being a rainbow is flowing and balancing through all your Chakras. Sense how do you feel in this realm? How does it feel to remove all your labels, patterns, and old stale stories?
6. Mandala Making
Now invite the Goddess into your creative processes and create your mandala. As intuitively as possible. Try not to think, just let your hand move.
7. Witnessing and Your Art as an Oracle
What information or message does your Mandala reveal to you? What messages does the Goddess  Aletheia reveal? What is your truth? How does your Truth feel? How will you embody this into your daily life?
Lastly create an Affirmation
What is your Aletheia Mandala’s affirmation?

Later in the evening light a candle to your mandala and gaze at it. Does it have anymore information?
*Below is the Mandala Template
Show me your Mandala. Share in the comment section below.



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    Muse and Artivist

    Lisa Rasmussen MFA is the Founder and Director of the Harmonia Institute. Lisa Rasmussen—artist, educator, curator, life coach, arts and healing practitioner, and art advocate—believes art can change and heal the world.

    Lisa is the Co-Founder and Practitioner of Artemis Sacred Journeys. Which women's empowerment retreats to Tinos Greece. Rasmussen also served as Executive Director and Co-Founder of Art 4 All People and AY Atelier Art, an international Center for arts and consciousness in Malibu, CA. She is also Co-Founder/Co-Director of the non-profit, Art is Moving and International Art Break Day, an annual community arts event that has been held in the U.S., India, Mexico, and West Africa.

    Rasmussen is an award-winning professional painter, who has been represented in galleries in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. As well as Lisa’s work has been in numerous solo and group exhibits and publications. For her painting is a very visceral, physical, and metaphysical process. Rasmussen’s paintings have been called abstract expressionism, with a spiritual twist. Her paintings reflect her holistic worldview and her deep connection with the natural world. For Rasmussen, art making is a transcendental experience. When she paints, Rasmussen taps into a force greater than herself; a force that creates through her. Each painting is a product of her dance with divinity. Through her process she hopes to invoke in herself and the viewer a deeper connection to the world within and around us through reflection and inspiration. Early on Lisa developed a thirst for travel and distant cultures. A key conceptual element of her artistic process is the study and travel to ancient cultures and sacred sites around the world. Some of her travel adventures include Nepal, Greece, Egypt, Peru, Ireland, and Brazil. She has also lived and taught English in the mountains of South, China, as well as she had studied antiquities, the Art of the Renaissance, and Ceramics in Florence, Italy.

    Rasmussen is also known as a pioneering and passionate arts educator. For many years, she has taught art to residents of under-served, at-risk communities. In 2006, she created the Transformative Art Program at a mental health institute in Oakland, CA for emotionally traumatized youth, ages 5-14. Her art therapy program to create public youth art installations and gallery exhibits garnered awards, grants and media attention.

    Rasmussen worked as a fine arts consultant at the prestigious Merrill Chase Gallery in Chicago and The Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco. She also managed The Red Door Gallery & Collective, a grassroots art-reach gallery in Oakland, CA. Rasmussen earned her BA in Sculpture and Ceramics and her MFA in Arts and Consciousness from John F. Kennedy University in Berkeley, CA. She earned several academic awards, including Graduate Student of the Year, in 2008, and Alumni of the Year, in 2013.

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